#677 marked

It's almost construction season and so shoulders and yards are marked with colorful little flags.  These markers designate where the gas line, the fiber optic cable and the electrical wires run underneath the ground.

Lawn services also use a little plastic flag to mark your yard when they have come by and applied their fertilizer treatment.  

Both sets of flags serve the purpose of making the invisible visible.  They are little indicators that something is going on.  Even though the road or yard itself shows little difference at the moment, the flags tell you that activity is occurring and change is near.

What "flag" can your organization place to show your clients and donors that work is underway?  Thermometers for campaigns is one type of flag.  Stores that allow people to sign paper shamrocks or shoes and post them with a donation is another.  Report cards in school indicate mid-semester completion.  

Don't wait until the road is repaved to let people know that you are on your journey.  Give attention to placing some flags along the side to help others know while they can't yet see progress, it is in fact being made.  

-- beth triplett
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